This quilt really taxed my brain. The units for this quilt are super simple and I thought it would be a piece of cake to put together but it was a struggle. After working on the layout for an hour…
Way More Work Than It Should Have Been
Did you ever have a project where it seemed that something went wrong every step of the way? Well that is this project for me. The quilt is called Porch Swing from Kim Brackett’s book Scrap-Basket Beauties. Since it uses…
Final Finish for May: Poinsettia
This quilt may not actually be my final finish for May. I still have binding on a couple of donation quilts for the Hands2Help Charity Quilt Challenge that Sarah runs at Confessions of a Fabric Addict but whether I finish…
DWM: Press Forward or Turn Back?
These blocks are from the next quilt on my list from the book Scrap-Basket Beauties. It’s called Triple Star and I was really looking forward to making it because I love star quilts and it’s different from any other star…
2014 Week 19 Finish
My small quilting group met on Thursday and I was trying to get this quilt finished before our meeting but I didn’t quite finish hand stitching the binding. It was our April project so I’m only a month behind! This…
DWM: Generations
My small sewing group meets this week and our quilt for March is Generations from Kim Brackett’s book Scrap-Basket Beauties. I’ve gotten behind on our monthly projects over the past couple of months, but I’m determined to have this top…
Catching Up
Now that the holiday festivities are over I’m trying to catch up on sewing projects that were started before the mad rush of Christmas quilts. My small quilting group meets next week and the quilt from LAST month isn’t finished. …
Another Finish: Sanctuary
This week I finished quilting the Sanctuary quilt and got the binding sewn on. Last night I finished hand stitching the binding so it is now FINISHED. This isn’t my favorite quilt, but it turned out okay. The fabric I…
DWM: Hitting a Speed Bump
Over the past couple of weeks or so I noticed that my Juki seemed a little noisy. Then on Friday it started making a louder sound and I knew I was in trouble. I’ve taken it apart, cleaned it thoroughly…
November Small Group Challenge: Poinsettia Quilt
Our small quilting group meets a week from today and of course, I’ve procrastinated on making the challenge quilt for the month. We’re working through Kim Brackett’s book Scrap Basket Beauties and the quilt is called “Poinsettia.” The block looks like…
